Washing-machine.



No. 657,3I4. Patented Sept. 4, I900.

-B. FREEDMAN.

WASHING MACHINE.

(Application filed Dec. 28, 1899.\

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WASHING MACHINE (Application filed Dec. 28, 1899.\ (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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BERNARD FREEDMAN, on NEW YoRK, N. Y.

WA SHlNG- MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 657,314, dated September 4, 1900. Application filed December 28, 1899. Serial No. 741,777. (No models To all whom, it may concern;

Be it known thatI, BERNARD FREEDMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, (Stapleton,) in the county of Richmond and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to washing-machines,

and refers to that class of washing-machines whic h are provided with inner rotatable cylence characters denote like parts in the severalpviews, Figure 1 is a plan view of a wash- 7 ing-machine constructed according to my invention, the door of the outer casing or cylinder and one of the doors of the inner casing or cylinder being shown opened. Fig. 2 1s a transverse section of the washing-machine shown in Fig. 1, the several doors being shown. closed. Fig. 3 is a transverse longitudinal 1 approximately central section thereof,,'the supports of the outer'casing or cylinder being omitted; and Fig. 4, a longitudinal vertical otal line.

approximately central section thereof.

In the practice of my invention I provide an outer cylinder or casing 5, provided with closed ends or heads 6 and with a door 7, which is pivoted to the cylinder 5 at 8 and which when closed completes the continuous cylindrical formation of said casing. The 1 door 7 is provided at its free edge with a; hinged fastening plate or device 9, which op- I erates in connection with a fastening device 10 secu red to the cylinder 5; The'cylinder 5 is suitably supported at 11. The ends or heads 6 of the casing 5 are provided with inwardly-extended bearings 12, arranged ap-E proximately centrally thereof, and journaled in said bearings are the ends 13 of a shaft let, which passes centrally through the ends 14.

of a cylindrical inner casing 15, which is mounted upon said shaft andsecured thereto by means of collars 16. The inner casing 15 is plurally perforated, as at 17, and is arranged to revolve, together with the shaft 14, in the bearings 16. machines the inner casing or'cylinder is custoinarily revolved by power other than manual, and I have shown at 18 a power-pulley fixed to the shaft 14 exterior of one of the outer casing ends 6, and this pulley may be operated or driven by any desired powertransmission element. The inner casing or .cylinder 15 is provided with two oppositelyarranged doors 19, which are hinged at and provided at their free edges with hinged fastening devices 21, which operate in connection with fastening devices 22, secured to the casing 15, and when said doors 19 are closed, as shown in Fig. 2, they complete the cylindrical contour of the casing 15. The casing 15 is provided with two series of cleats or strips, respectively 23' and 24,, which are secured to the inner walls thereof, and each of said series extends longitudinally of said inner casing at one side thereof and transversely thereof at each end through a predetermined distance. Said series of strips are parallelly arranged andslightly spaced,as clearly shown in the drawings, and are arranged approximately in that longitudinal transverse plane of the casing 15 in which lie the pivotal points 20 of the doors 19, and that portion of each of said series of cleats or strips which extends longitudinally of the casing 15 is so arranged that when the adjacent door 19 is opened it forms a lodge adjacent to the respective piv- The casing 5 is provided at one side, adjacent the pivotal line of the door 7 thereof, with a supporting-ledge 25, upon which said door is rested when swung into open position, as shown in Fig. l, and when said door 7 is thus opened and the inner casing 15 is rotated to bring one of the doors 19 thereof into registration with the opening in the casing 5, which is normally closed by the door 7, said door 19 may be opened outwardly through said opening; With the parts in this lastdescribed position, as shown in Fig. 1, the two series 23 and 24: of cleats or strips will lie approximately in a horizontal position, and that portion of the lower series of cleats or strips which extends longitudinally of the termination of the opening which is'normally I covered by the door 19. It will thus be seen that with the parts in this position-a ledge or the lower series of cleats orfstrips, which ex-I tends longitudinally of the inner casing, is" provided, over which and between the two" series of cleatsor strips .23 and 24a. detachable partition 27 maybe inserted in, the po gitudinally of thecasing 15, at one side of the-" shaft 14, as'showu inthe drawingswa While thewash is being cleansedin thecus f f tomary mannerwithinthe casings and5,

- and other cleansing materials, the partition" 5 extent and the cleansing fluids and othersub-.

which areordinarily filled with water, soap;

27 is not inserted between'the series of cleats 23 and 24; but when itis desired to withdraw the ash'from the inner cylinder'15 this Gas-t ing is revolved to such an extent as to bring one of the doors 19into registration with the door 7, and said two registering doors" are opened outwardly, as shown in Fig. land as above described, and the partition 27iis inserted between the series of cleats 23 and .24' and above the wash. The said door-19 is then closed and the cylinder 15 rotated to such anextent as to bring the opposite door 19 into registration with the opening which the .door 7 normally closes, andit ismanii'est that with the parts inthis position 'the was'hl will rest upon and above the partition 27 and maybe with ease withdrawn from the casing 15 by merely sliding or pulling the same ofi from the partition 27 and through the openings in the casings 15 and 5, which are normally closed respectively by the door 19 and the door '7. By withdrawing the wash in this.

manner I avoid lifting the same from out the casing '15 and the liquid therein, which often results in tearingthe wash, and as the latter is lifted out of the cleansing fluids in the easpieces are allowed to drain to a considerable stances settle into the lower portions of the casings 15, and 5- beneath the partition .27; and may be reused for preliminary cleansing and treating of further Washes.

The two series 23 and 24 of cleats, which areparallelly arranged and secured to the in-' nor walls of the casing 15, furnish aifirm support for the partition 27 and prevent its displacement within the casing 15, and by means I of the specific relative arrangement of'the se;

ries of cleats, whereby the portions 26,thereof i are arranged at'oppo'site sides of the casing 15 and the portions thereof which extend approximately across the ends of said casing I 1 Witnesses:

terminate a-taslight distance from the inner walls'of said inner casing at opposite sides of the latter, the insertion of said partition be- 7 v tween saidfseri'es'is greatly facilitated. shelf 26, consistingof the adjacent portion of I do'not limit myself to the specific construction and relation of'partsherein shown and described, but reserve the right to vary allelly' within said casin g and approximately in the transverse plane, thereof. in whichran edge of each 'of;,s aid doors lie, eachiof said series of cleats I or strips extending flongitu dinally of said casing'atop'posite sides't-hereof and transversely thereoffatfthe endsjthereof through a predetermined extent, the ends of said portions of said cleats-or stripswhichextend transversely of said casing belngsllghtly spacedfrom the 'sidesof said casing, substantiallyas shown andidescribed;

2/ A washing-machineprovided with a r otatable casing having oppositely-' arranged hinged'doors, two [series of cleats or strips connected with said casing interiorly thereof and each extending longitudinally thereof'at one side and transverselythereof at bothends,

whereby the portion of each ofjsaid series which'extends longitudinally ;of said casing is arranged adjacent one of said doors and constitutes a 'shelf above which a detachable partition may be passed between said series of cleats or strips, substantially as shown and described. p p

8. A washing-machine of'the class described, comprising an outercylindrical casing, provided with suitable supports, an inner cylindrical .casin g rot-atably mounted therein is rested in its open: position,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myinvention Ihave signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 23d day of December, 1899. l v

i BERNARD FREEDMAN.

F. A, STEWART,

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